153K views · 4.3K reactions | Tell us: Do you have a favorite stealth aircraft? 樂 Get to know the F-117 Nighthawk in this clip from Air Warriors: F-22 Raptor. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

947K views · 5.3K reactions | Stealth technology does not make aircraft invisible to the naked eye, but it’s supposed to make them undetectable by ️ radar. The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is rarely flown anymore, but it once represented the latest in cutting-edge innovation. And it was also the only stealth fighter ever shot down by enemy forces… who used obsolete 1950s weapons to accomplish it. This is what 樂 happened. | Sunday Roast | Facebook

Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk The aircraft on display is the second F-117A built and was specially modified for systems testing. The Air Force retired it to the museum in 1991 after its test program was completed. It is marked as it appeared during tests conducted for the Air Force Systems Command between 1981 and 1991. Fact sheet in the comments. #avgeek #F117 | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force